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[hopefragment]

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[sniptuck]

It's about this girl named Dora and her monkey friend, Boots! They go exploring together and there's this fox named Swiper who tries to swipe stuff for him! He's a very polite thief and leaves when you tell him to.

[ and yet he always comes back. such persistence. ]

It's for really little kids, but it sounded cute. And I wanted to tell Maggy that I know his references now.

[hopefragment]

I... see.

[He doesn't, but okay. If she's having fun watching a cartoon for children, he's not going to even try to stop her.]

Do you mind if I watch it with you?

[He's comfortable here with her... don't judge him.]

[sniptuck]

[ hajime's apartment is also used as a daycare so like... she does not find watching kids cartoons weird. she is probably extremely used to it in fact? ]

It'll be more fun with you. We can tell Swiper to stop swiping together!

[ she actually won't make him do it but she definitely will do it herself. ]

[hopefragment]

...I'll leave that to you.

[Is... she really a teenager?

But there's still something about that kind of innocence that's oddly refreshing, after everything he'd gone through back home. Where children made literal dioramas using corpses. For fun. #JustDanganRonpaThings]

Are you comfortable? I can move over if you need.

[sniptuck]

You're fine, Number One!

[ for a moment it seems like that's all she's going to say, and she even shifts slightly to lean against him. ]

Oh. And thank you for talking to me about all of this.

[hopefragment]

[Even the simple act of her leaning against him is way too nice. Save him.]

You don't have to thank me for that, Number Two. I want to be the kind of person you can talk to about anything.

Even kid's cartoons.

[sniptuck]

I think I'm going to show this to the kids back home! They'll like it.

[ she makes zero attempt to explain who these kids are. ]

And you already are.

[hopefragment]

I'm glad to hear it.

[Even though he said he was going to watch the cartoon with her, he closes his eyes, comfortable here like this.]

Who are the kids back home...? Do you volunteer?

[sniptuck]

We run a daycare out of our apartment! Ah, well Pai-Pai is the one who's in charge, but the rest of us help him out.

[ what's safer than leaving your kids with superheroes, right? ]

[hopefragment]

[that doesn't sound safe at all!!!!]

Pai-Pai...?

[That sounds like a really cramped living, running a daycare out of an apartment. Especially if Hajime has to go to school too. And be a superhero? When does she get to rest? Stop being so cool, it's giving him another mild case of dokis.]

[sniptuck]

[ LOOK sometimes you gotta multitask? hajime is a very busy child. ]

Pai-Pai is our leader! He and senpai are my roommates. The rest of the team live in apartments next door.

[hopefragment]

I... see.

And you still go to school with all that stuff to do? You're really incredible, Number Two.

[sniptuck]

I just like to keep busy!

[ that's also not counting the volunteer work she does and also the fact that she works at an actual store? so. understatement. ]

A lot of people do stuff like that too.

[hopefragment]

[smh Hajime... running at one million miles an hour.]

The base must be kind of boring in comparison for you then, huh?

[sniptuck]

Not at all! There's always something to do here, whether it's at the base or just... out there!

[ she gestures wildly around them, most likely indicating what's beyond the base like the biomes and everything. or maybe she means this rec room. ]